The US reportedly threatened to “kick out” Pakistan’s top envoy there over the issue of diplomat Raymond Davis.

A blame game erupted between the Union home ministry, Uttar Pradesh government and Railways on Wednesday over the chaos at a ITBP recruitment camp and ensuing mishap, as four more job aspirants travel

External affairs minister S.M. Krishna and foreign secretary Nirupama Rao met with Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi to discuss with him the outcomes of Ms Rao’s visit to Sri Lanka.

India described the political unrest in Egypt as an internal affair of that country, only to elaborate later in the day that the popular uprising reflected the people’s aspirations for reform.

BRITISH SCIENTISTS have started working on a new research programme to use regenerative medicine to help mend broken hearts.

India on Saturday reacted strongly to the US authorities tying trackers on Indian students duped by a California-based “sham” university, terming it “unwarranted” and demanding their removal.

Iconic Hindustani vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, honoured by the nation with the Bharat Ratna and considered a legend in his own lifetime, passed away following a long illness at a private hospital in Pune at 8.05 am on Monday. He was 88 and leaves behind three sons and a daughter.

The Sri Lankan Navy brutally killed another Tamil Nadu fisherman off the Vedaranyam coast in Nagapattinam district late Saturday night.

The Armed Forces Special Powers Act and the Public Safety Act should be repealed, says Margaret Sekaggya, the UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders. “The Armed Forces Special Powers Act and the Public Safety Act should be repealed and application of other security laws which adversely affect the work and safety of human rights defenders should be reviewed,” she told a press conference.